Rock Art, CLOGHERA MORE

Rock Art in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

In rough pasture, on a mantle of bog, on the N-facing lower slopes of Mullaghanattin. An earthfast stone (2.4m N-S; 1.9m E-W; H 0.4m) decorated on its slightly uneven, upper N-sloping surface. There are twenty-four motifs (diam. 9-28cm) consisting of nine cup-and-rings and fifteen cup-and-two rings. The rings can be either annular or penannular. Many motifs are indistinct due to weathering. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011 In mountain heath (203m OD), on a N-facing slope, overlooking Owenroe river valley to N and overlooked by Mullaghanattin to SE. A slightly rough and fractured, low profile boulder (dims. 2.23m NE-SW; 1.92m NW-SE; H 0.46m) having a roughly square and decorated surface (dims. 2.23m NE-SW, 1.92m NW-SE) with a NW-facing aspect. This is a highly decorated stone with approximately thirty-two motifs covering most of the stone surface including a cup-and-three-ring motif (overall diam. 23cm; cup diam. 5cm; D 5mm; ring Wth 1.5cm; D 2mm) at N. There are fourteen cup-and-two-ring motifs (overall diam. 22cm; cup diam. 7cm; D 4mm; ring Wth 1.5cm; D 3mm) across the decorated surface; A natural fracture (long-axis N-S) truncates

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
51.94°N, 9.86°W

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